What is the difference between 'source' and 'resource'?

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According to Concise Oxford English Dictionary, "source" is:

"1. a place, person, or thing from which something originates.
2. a person who provides information."
In turn, resource is usually used in plural and presumes an asset, material, person or capital which might be used for accomplishing certain goal.

I think ''source'' is a general word: a group of defined components in a certain field that people take materials from, whether supply were theoritical or practical,
while ''resource'' is a group of defined components in a certain field, but only in scholar, educational, theoritical way
We can describe oil wells as sources, but, when talking about materialistic references like a college textbook we go to ''resource''.
I'm not certain anyway, wating for other opinions,